Expanded Resume: Volunteer Experience

Volunteer Experience

1.)    Webb Recreation Board

Title: Sun Fun Helper

Time period: July- August 2013

Sun Fun was a two week program held from the end of July to the beginning of August in 2013 ran by the Webb Recreation Board in Webb, SK. My role there was what was called a Sun Fun Helper and I was there to assist the Sun Fun Leaders in whatever they needed. This meant that I helped to care for twenty-five children, ranging from two to twelve years old from 9 am to 3 pm five days a week. During this time, we held fun activities such as arts and crafts, interactive and educational games, walks around Webb (which is a tiny village), story time and on our last day, a huge water gun/balloon fight and ice cream party. We also prepared and served morning and afternoon snacks, along with lunch at noon each day, all of which followed the health guidelines needed for each child (i.e. peanut allergies, etc.). My duties included preparing for activities (i.e. gather materials for crafts, set up for games, etc.), providing instructions for various activities, helping the younger children with their toileting and/or their crafts, cleaning the hall each afternoon (i.e. sweeping and mopping the floors, cleaning the bathrooms, putting away materials, etc.) and then locking up the building before going home for the day. I was also a big part in helping to organize everything that was needed for the last day celebrations. I helped to order and store the hamburgers, hot dogs, pop and ice cream—plus all the fixings that go with it—in the hall, getting all the balloons bought and filing them up, preparing the music and the activities for the day. I also was in charge of phoning the parents or sending a note home with the children, notifying them to please dress their children in appropriate clothing (i.e. bathing suits or trunks) and to also send a towel on that day so the kids could dry off.